Write Every Day: Day #4

[auroracloud]

(Editing the time stamp slightly to make it look like I'm posting this while it's still the 4th over here.)

I still didn't sleep that well last night, though at least it was a bit better quality sleep, so I felt more like a person than yesterday. But a person with very little brain. I did get some things done today, though. It would have been smart to go to bed early, but then I started doing some things. Ah well, at least the things put me in a better mood than I'd been all day!

I'm in trepidation of the heat wave that is to come over for the next few days. Today already felt super sticky and hot and uncomfortable, although the temperature was actually just 20 °C or so. The next few days are supposed to be a lot hotter, and I'm not good with heat...

Well, I'd definitely better crash down to bed after posting this!

Today's Writing

Well, I came up with an improved title and summary for the fluff ficlet, but there's one part of it I keep waffling about, so I still didn't post it... Hopefully tomorrow!

But I also started a fic for Genprompt Bingo. Though the fic isn't actually gen. But that isn't a requirement, fortunately.

I also did some research, by which I mostly mean that I looked at books on fashion history about the relevant time period, because it's fun and can be done also without much brain. I never tire of history of fashion. The things people wore! Humans, so very very ridiculous if you give them any spare time and resources.



Tally


Day 1: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, luzclarita, shopfront, silveradept, sylvanwitch, used_songs, ysilme

Day 2: alexcat, alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, sierranovembr, silveradept, sylvanwitch, ysilme

Day 3: alexseanchai, auroracloud, carenejeans, cassini, china_shop, cornerofmadness, falkner, silveradept, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, used_songs, ysilme

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Comments

[china_shop]

Good luck with the heat and your not-gen fic! :-)

4th and 5th: I'm still banging my head against this rewrite, argh! The whole fic is only a few thousand words, but every paragraph seems to want to fight me!

[auroracloud]

Thank you! Thankfully, my home still remains a tolerable temperature.

Sorry you're still struggling with your rewrite! Here's to hoping it'll start cooperating soon.

[sylvanwitch]

I'm glad you found things to make your day better, even if those things kept you up later than you had planned. I also slept better last night, though I am, like you, still pretty tired.

I wrote 1085 on the H50 fic tonight, and I also spent some proctoring time today jotting notes, so I think I've got the ending for real. I'm envisioning four more scenes, including the one I started today. I also just broke the 18K mark with this "short" story, so it's going to go much longer than I'd thought. I don't care, however, because I'm still enjoying it immensely. :-)

[auroracloud]

Glad you slept better, too! And that's another great word count, you're being productive! Yay for ending being in sight, as well! And who cares if it's no longer in the short story range (I guess it's starting to be a novella! by Hugo standards, at least), if that's the length it wants to be and you're enjoying it. :-)

[alexseanchai]

Another six-sentence fic to a three-sentence prompt—this time I needed to show both before and after—and some more poking at the Miraculous Ladybug/Disney's Beauty and the Beast fic. My conclusions thus far:

* Marinette comes up at least to Gaston's nose and is entirely capable of breaking all his bones one-handed and before he even processes he's getting his ass kicked by the foreign beauty he has ten years on. (Which is probably exactly how he phrases it, too.)

* Adrien is tall enough by 21st century standards. In this setting, he is TOL. Also, he's not bulky like Gaston but he's definitely built more than solidly enough for Gaston to notice Adrien's presence means Gaston might no longer be the most dangerous person in town.

* The Enchantress is a Miraculous wielder. And that stained glass in the prologue is...not what she looks like when transformed. The young blonde in the green ball gown isn't, anyway; the old beggar is probably fairly accurately depicted.

* Ladybug and Chat Noir are absolutely going to start off treating the Beast like a cross between a standard-issue akuma and an akuma-controlled Chat Noir.

[auroracloud]

Sounds like you're having a ball with that crossover! Good luck and enjoy!

[alexcat]

a very few today 119 - didn't feel well.

[auroracloud]

Sorry you weren't feeling well! Hope today has been/will be better. Good for writing at least a bit, even so!

[cornerofmadness]

I'm not good with heat either.

I don't know where this day went. I squeaked out 144 words on Mischief Christmas. I HAVE to get moving faster.

[auroracloud]

Some days just do that. Good luck with picking up the pace!

[cornerofmadness]

Thank you

[silveradept]

I wrote most of a draft of something closer to professional article-writing that is probably around 2k at the moment, but needs its conclusions reworked, or possibly the final point scrapped, and it needs something neat to tie it all together.

And then I went back into another prompt fill that I'm having to do the "write through the block, and soon enough, you'll find the thing that's eluding you" to it to see whether or not I'm actually going to get something quality or if it, or whether it will be some other thing.

[auroracloud]

Yay for progress on your professional article-writing, sounds like you got a lot of work done! Good luck with your prompt fill, too, hope you get onward with it, or find something else that works for you. :-)

[carenejeans]

Meh, I continue to be uninspired and unable to write more than an alibi sentence. I wrote a total of 52 words today. Did some work on the nonfiction project, but not enough.

I'm not going to worry about it (except I do need to work harder on the nonfiction project). I'm just going to spend the rest of the week poking at things and writing alibi sentences. Taking a "vacation" rather than fretting might help.

[auroracloud]

Sorry you're still feeling uninspired! But you're right, giving yourself a break and not stressing about it may help. Sometimes your brain just needs some time before getting properly back to it, and it may be wise self-care to just not fret about it. Hope you manage to pick up energy for the nonfiction project, though!

[ysilme]

I hear you on the heat issues! We had a sudden raise from a cool, wet late spring and about 19°C last week to over 30°C on the weekend, although a blessed thunderstorm with rain on Monday gave some relief. It's also thankfully still cool enough at night so the hours of utter misery are limited to the afternoon and early evening, but I'm so not ready for this... *sigh* I managed 180 words even so yesterday and am quite proud, considering. Congrats to you for writing happening for you as well!

[auroracloud]

Ugh, sorry you had such a sudden heat wave to deal with! At least we're not yet over 30 °C, though it looks like the next couple of days will be close. I guess that means I'll mostly stay home, since my flat hasn't heated up yet. But here, too, the evenings and nights are still cooler, so that's nice.

Yay for managing words despite the heat!

[tinx_r]

Well hopefully I do better this month than last... just over 1000 words tonight! We are heading into winter, and it's just gotten cold this last week, and tonight it is thinking of storming...

[auroracloud]

That's a nice bit of writing for just one evening. Good luck with this month!